Re: [libreplanet-discuss] [Dev] [GNU-linux-libre] [consensus][due: 2016-06-13]: New version for Parabola Social Contract

[Isaac David]

Le jeu. 9 juin 2016 à 18:54, Luke <g4jc@openmailbox.org> a écrit :

On 06/09/2016 07:46 PM, André Silva wrote:

On 06/09/2016 08:08 PM, Riley Baird wrote:

What about "Arch (the GNU/Linux distribution)"?

+1 I agree with your suggestion because it solves this issue for the Social Contract.

If FSF and Arch Team is ok with calling it that, I think it is a good compromise. That way people will know it is the GNU/Linux distro named Arch and avoid the entire naming controversy to begin with.

Indeed they use the term "GNU/Linux" to describe their work 

in a number of places, including the About page and the

Forums listing. Sadly, they are not consistent about it and

they drop the "GNU" part but not the "Linux" from the actual

name of their distribution. That's the name that gets stuck in

people's heads.

I wouldn't worry about upsetting the Arch developers if

Parabola trimmed down the official name of their distro (lots

of people do) or if Parabola added the a mention to GNU.

I would guess most of them usually pick their terms based on

pragmatism or social inertia. They are not ethically invested

and wouldn't give a lot of thought to our choices anyway.